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Re:Why has America settled on colonoscopies when most of the... by jldugger on Sunday October 29, 2023 @03:28AM (#38056494)
But it cuts both ways: Walter Freeman[1] was only banned from performing lobotomies after 100 patients of his had died of hemorrhage.

[1]: https://www.econtalk.org/megan-mcardle-on-the-oedipus-trap/

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Re:Why has America settled on colonoscopies when most of the... by maxerickson on Sunday October 29, 2023 @11:35AM (#38059542)
Did he have a lobotomy prior to performing 100 of them?

The point at the beginning of the thread is to do as they do, not to do as they say...

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